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BIONOMIC NOTES 
Precis lavinia , Cram. 
Place. 
Dry. 
Inter¬ 
mediate. 
Wet. 
Date of capture. 
Barbados. 
9 
6 
19 Dec., 1906. 
Mt. Hope, Panama. . . 
.... 
6 
28 Dec., 1906. 
Constant Spring, Jamaica 
• . . 
6 
6 9 9 
31 Dec., 1906—8 Jan., 1907. 
Mandeville, Jamaica . . 
6 
... 
20 Jan., 1907. 
Port Antonio. 
6 
6 
25 Feb., 1907. 
Constant Spring, Jamaica 
6 
7 March, 1907. 
Panama City. 
9 ? 
9 
12 March, 1907. 
Caracas, Venezuela. . . 
<5 <5 <5 
• . • 
9 
19-28 March, 1907. 
St. Ann’s, Trinidad. . . 
• . • 
6 
... 
1 April, 1907. 
Tobago . 
6 
6 
... 
6-8 April, 1907. 
Total . . . 
U, 2? 
4<5 
I brought home twenty-one specimens ; of these six were taken 
between December 18th and January 8th, five of them were <f wet,” 
only one “ dry.” 
Fifteen were taken between January 20th and April 9th; of 
these eight were “ dry,” three “ wet,” and four “ intermediate.” 
As the dry season advanced the (< dry ” form more or less dis¬ 
placed the “ wet ” form. 
Dated specimens in Mr. W. J. Kaye’s collection taken in the wet 
season are mostly “ wet,” as above defined; the same applies to 
specimens in the Hope Collection. Judging from the condition 
of many of the specimens I met with, it is a long-lived insect and 
therefore considerable overlapping may be anticipated. 
Anartia jatrophae , Linn. Two forms are fairly well marked :— 
Wet-season form. Under side. Ground colour nearly white; mark¬ 
ings often conspicuously edged with scarlet. Ocelli black with blue 
centres. No transverse bar on hind-wing. 
Dry-season form. Under side. Ground colour shaded with grey; 
markings edged with ochreous or reddish-brown, ocelli often blue 
only, orange-ringed. Hind-wing with a transverse grey bar. 
